The National Industrial Court in Makurdi, Benue State, has ordered the state government to pay more than N6.8 million as death benefits to the widow of a deceased official of the state. Judge Isaac Essien ordered the payment of death benefits, which had been due since May 2017, to the widow of Linus Otigbo, according…
This article was originally published by Radio Free Asia and is reprinted with permission. China’s objections to new U.S. tariffs stalled a deal to sell off TikTok and keep it operating in the United States, said President Donald Trump on Sunday, emphasizing that he would not reverse tariffs on foreign nations unless the trade deficits…
Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke, has announced a relaxation of the existing curfew in the conflict-prone communities of Ilobu, Ifon, and Erin-Osun. The new directive reduces the previously imposed 17-hour restriction to a 12-hour curfew, now effective from 7:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. daily. This adjustment follows a series of violent communal clashes in…
Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan of Kogi Central has filed a defamation lawsuit against the Senate Deputy Chief Whip, Onyekachi Nwebonyi. The lawsuit, marked as Suit No: W/1359:25, was lodged at the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on April 7, 2025, by Akpoti-Uduaghan’s legal team, led by Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Michael Jonathan…
Amnesty International Nigeria has urged the federal government to launch an independent investigation into the assault of two journalists during the Take It Back movement’s 7 April protest in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The protest, held on Monday in multiple states, was organised to demand an end to bad governance and clampdowns on free speech….
